"Sometimes I look at journalists doing victory rolls for having read the register of members' interests as if they're Woodward and Bernstein" The author of Keir Starmer's biography Tom Baldwin defends #Labour politicians over the freebies row 👀 #KayBurley SS

@TomBaldwin66 He's right. And Sam Coates cherry-picked data from the Register of Interests last week to produce the inaccurate & misleading headline he wanted. That's not journalism, it's lying.

@TomBaldwin66 Reminder: Kay Burley was suspended for 6 months for organising a birthday party during lockdown.

@TomBaldwin66 Oi, pot kettle black 🔥! You're one to talk about journalistic integrity, Kay 🙄. Meanwhile, you're still milking that Sky News gig while defending Tory corruption 💸 #KayBurley

@TomBaldwin66 He’s not wrong. What rules have been broken? This isn’t even on the same planet as actual corruption committed by last government. Where was your equivalent scrutiny to that?

@TomBaldwin66 I am afraid he’s right, Kay. The genuine frustration you are talking about isn’t about the frocks. Trust me. You, and the others, who are frothing this up aren’t coming off very well. I literally want to say: ‘grow up’, when I watch this.

@TomBaldwin66 he is 100% right - this is lazy easy attack on nothing and it's shameful BTW nice expensive jacket Kay

@TomBaldwin66 Burley's lost the plot. No comparison between this Govt and the last Tory Govt that gave billions in contracts to their mates.

@TomBaldwin66 Tom hit the nail on the head. This confected outrage is caused by the media who’d rather have a “gotcha” moment than deal with proper issues, and she couldn’t handle being corrected.

@TomBaldwin66 Glad you'll learn from a very good point well made. Shall we leave it now, or shall we compare the levels of freebies between a few frocks and, say, Boris's farewell party at his backers country home?

@TomBaldwin66 Brilliant response from Tom Baldwin. Showed this dead cat issue up for what it is. Well and truly put into perspective. Sometimes you just have to stop digging ........